I don't own Kuroko no Basuke.
Warning: Future Yaoi (boyxboy) and some swearing.
Kagami was never a big fan of Halloween. Mainly because he hated things that dealt with ghost and the supernatural.
He especially didn't enjoy having to celebrate it when all he wanted to do was stay home, relax, and perhaps eat a bunch of food while watching TV.
Which is why he was currently upset over the fact that he was being made to go to a Halloween party.
Kagami did occasionally enjoy parties, but he wasn't the party animal people expected him to be. Apparently it was expected of an American, who played basketball or any sport in general, to love partying and hooking up with woman.
Of course he never understood why that applied to him. First of all he wasn't an American. Sure he lived there for a good amount of his childhood, but he wasn't born there nor did he ever identify himself as such. Second of all, Kagami didn't play to go to parties nor to get woman, he played for the pure fact that he loved Basketball.
So he didn't understand why his team was shocked to hear him say that he would not be attending their groups Halloween party. Still, even though he did not want to attend, his coach had been adamant that everyone had to attend.
She yelled at him when he stubbornly denied the offer and when that didn't work. She turned to him, giving him that creepy smile that made them tremble like rabbits cornered by a predator, and asked him if he preferred going to a party or spending a day doing some excruciating exercise.
His anger almost getting the better of him, he had opened his mouth to pick the second choice, when he noticed Hyuuga staring at him intently behind her. Knowing that look as the "don't you dare question your elders" or something close to that, he relented.
Shutting his mouth, he huffed in annoyance, before replying that he would go ahead and attend the damn party. Aida expression turned to one of satisfaction and said he made the right choice.
She was about to dismiss them all when she remembered of one more thing they all had to do for the party.
"Oh and before I dismiss you all. I remind you that the we are having a Halloween party, meaning that you need costumes."
They all nodded in response before dispersing and heading to the locker room. Still annoyed, Kagami cursed under his breath, but tried to keep his dissatisfied expression neutral since he really didn't want to seem childish. That of course was made impossible when Aida added another side remark that was directed to him.
"And Kagami your school basketball uniform is not a costume, so don't dare use it."
Scowling, he made it to the locker room still unhappy and tried to dress as quickly as possible so he could just go home and relax.
"Don't look so unhappy Kagami. What wrong with going to a party?" Hyuuga asked him as they all got dressed.
It wasn't that there was anything wrong with the party, he just didn't feel like celebrating, especially since just a few months ago they had lost a game to that annoying and cocky bastard Aomine.
"Nothin, just don't want to go is all," he answered, not really wanting to talk.
"Besides why must we attend a pointless party. It's not like we are practicing or anything," he said after a while.
"Well I think it is necessary" Teppei intervened with a carefree smile.
The whole team turned to Teppei waiting for an explanation, none of them really understood why a party was so important and Aida wasn't really known to make her team do things like party. She was usually the kind to make them work their ass off instead of encourage them to goof around.
"Aida probably thinks that this will bring you guys closer. I mean, after losing your game against Tōō Academy, she noticed how devastated you guys must be. And well you know Aida, she's willing to do anything for her team," Teppei finished saying with a fond smile, before turning back to his locker and finishing getting dressed.
Kagami sighed in defeat, his annoyance turning slightly into guilt and a bit of surprise. He still didn't know much of Teppei, but he never saw him as the brightest of the group (most of the group, he was sure, didn't think he was either) and yet he usually had a way of being overly aware of everything.
After getting dressed he decided to just forget everything and go home, he really just needed sleep.
The next day, one of the only days he had off, Kagami remembered why he didn't like Halloween and why he had been so annoyed with having to go to a party on such day.
Instead of spending the afternoon at a basketball court near his house, he had decided to go and buy a costume for the dumb party he was supposed to go. Staring at the rack of costumes that were his size, he groaned at how many of them were ridiculous. Why in the right mind did guys find that dressing up like a girl was a good idea? He saw it a lot in America, but he didn't really expect it to be like that over here too*.
Tearing his eyes away from the idiotic costume, his eyes landed on the one costume he would be willing to wear anywhere, and he grinned.
She said he wasn't allowed to wear his school Basketball uniform, but didn't say anything about a costume one. His grin grew wider as his went to reach for it, but before he could even grab it, he jumped in surprise when someone he knew very well interrupted him.
"I don't think Coach will be happy with your costume selection, Kagami," Kuroko said plainly.
"Damn it Kuroko! You really gotta stop doing that," he said with a hand over his racing heart. He still couldn't fully get used to those moments when the smaller male would pop out of nowhere. But he was getting better at predicting them, especially since they usually occurred in the same places. Though that didn't work when it was in places he usually never saw Kuroko in.
After he calmed down he looked down at blue haired boy, who was looking at him with a blank expression.
"Sorry," Kuroko said with no emotion to his voice, so Kagami wasn't really sure if he meant it or not (but with Kuroko that was always the case).
He sighed before shrugging and telling him he's use to it already.
"What are you doing here anyway?" he asked even though it was quite redundant, seeing as they were in a costume store and both had to attend the same party, so it was obvious why. But he was sure there had to be a closer store in the area Kuroko lived in.
"The costume store in my area ran out of my size, apparently a lot of kids live by that area that are of my height,"Kuroko answered seriously, and Kagami swore he could hear a hint of annoyance.
Kagami had to cover his mouth, to stop himself from laughing, but it was becoming harder.
"I don't see how that is funny Kagami."
Kagami doubled over at the obvious pout in the tone, even though the blue haired boy's facial expression did not change. Kuroko had enough of his laughing and after a while he poked him hard in the side causing Kagami to yelp in a not so manly manner.
"What the hell Kuroko! That hurt," he said and frowned when he saw the small rare smile he had. Still he wasn't mad, not when the blue haired male had that face. He wouldn't admit it out loud, but he liked that smile it was dare he say cute. It wasn't to flashy or toothy, just a slight upward turn of his small lips that gave his usual expressionless face some character.
Kagami blushed slightly at his thoughts and had to turn to look at the rack of costumes once more to avoid turning into a tomato.
"Kagami" he heard the other say and once he knew his face was back to normal he looked back at his shadow and waited for him to continue.
"Are you just going to stare at the costumes all day?"
If it had been anyone else, Kagami would have snapped for the sarcasm, but like he said it was always hard to tell if Kuroko was being sarcastic or actually being serious.
"I just don't know what I should pick is all," he answered truthfully. He really didn't.
He no longer felt like messing with his Coach and quite honestly he didn't feel that annoyed with the prospect of going to the party. He wasn't really sure why though.
Kagami let out an exasperated sigh as he looked back at the costume, he always had trouble shopping, preferring his normal attire of T-shirts and shorts or pants. That's why parties were so troublesome. They always required some fashion sense, and well Halloween parties required creativity in clothing which he really didn't have.
Looking back down at the male next to him, he saw that Kuroko was holding a big orange and black plastic bag that had the logo of the store in the front of both sides. He wondered what costume the blue haired boy had bought, but before he could ask Kuroko interrupted.
"I think Kagami would make a good fireman," Kuroko said before tuning to him and staring at him blankly as always.
"Huh?" he answered, confused at the odd statement the other made.
Fireman?
Kuroko gaze turned to the rack of the costumes and he pointed at the black with yellow stripes that went vertically on the side and horizontally on both the pants and jacket.
Looking at the costume Kuroko was pointing at, he couldn't help the smirk that appeared on his.
Yeah, he could definitely pull off the fireman costume.
Hello! So this is my first story and request for this fandom :). It was actually just going to be a small oneshot but now it's going to be a two or three ch one. Anyway i hope that the Anon in mangago enjoys this and I hope they are in character especially since I've only watched the anime and never read the manga. So please be kind and review and tell me if I'm making them too Occ.
*I'm actually not sure if japanese males do that, probably not but for some reason I wanted to put that in the story since I always wonder why guys find that funny.